Your title makes me wonder if you are using a Custom Post Type. If that is the case WordPress may be looking for a template for the Custom Post Type archive instead of the category.
Check out Post Type Templates to see if that helps a bit. If you need a certain category inside a specific post type let me know and I will dig that up.
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